NetflixThe acclaimed series Adolescence It has been the subject of online speech since the launch of March 13. Recently, an X user, formerly Twitter, accused the show of “changing race” and supporting “anti-white propaganda”, an indictment promoted by Elon Musk.
Here is what the user of social media said, as Musk supported and what Jack Thorne, the co-creator and co-writer of the show, had to say about his true inspiration.
Elon Musk Cosigns claims to be of race switching in the program
As The shadow and the act of blvity reported, Adolescence A teenager follows the murder of a classmate and how the incident affects him and his family. It has been a success of the streaming platform, breaking records for a limited series gaining 66.3 million views in just two weeks, NME reported. The show has provoked online speeches on its explorations of violence, toxic masculinity and how they can be intertwined.
After his launch, right -wing political commentator Ian Miles Cheong He tweeted that the show is based on “Based on real life cases such as the Southport killer”, referring to the stabbed fatals of three girls in July of Axel Rudakubana, who was sentenced to 52 years for “sadic” crimes in January, the BBC reported.
“So guess what,” Cheong continued in the publication. “The race exchanged the murderer of a black man/migrant to a white boy and the story has it, so he was radicalized online by the red pill movement.”
The message concluded by describing the show as “anti-white propaganda”.
A few minutes, Musc He commented on the post, writing, “Wow”.
His comment catapulted Cheong’s tweet in the viral state. Although Adolescence It was first announced in March 2024, which means that it was already in production before Southport’s killings, Cheong’s statements trapped as gunpowder.
Many social media users closed Cheong’s theory and condemned Musk to approve and help spread misinformation.
The setback follows The bear star The reading sign reveals that the musc spread false statements that had been thrown into a restart of Pirates of the Caribbean. Edebiri shared it, due to misinformation, received “insane death threats and racial slits”.
John Thorne, co-creator of adolescence, says the show is “No point on the race”
Thorne was asked about the accusations that changed the race while appearing in the Episode of March 26 of The news agents Podcast. He stated: “Nothing is farther from the truth.”
“I have told many stories of real life in my time. I know the evil that can come when you take elements of the history of real life and put it on the screen and people do not expect it,” said Thorne. “There is no part of this that is based on a real story, not a single part.”
After asking about the criticism of the program, not to include a black character in the center of the story, Thorne challenged the idea that the crime author must have been a color person.
“It is absurd to say that this is only committed by black boys,” he said. “It’s absurd. It is not true. And the story, you know, shows many cases of children from all races committing these crimes. We are not doing a point on this. We are making a point on masculinity. We are trying to get into a problem. We are not saying that this is one thing or another; we are saying that they are boys.”
Thorne also mentioned that he was “surprised” by the “demonization” of the show’s explorations.
But the show has also inspired significant conversations between parents and children. Adolescence Said production company Hannah Walters Variety Of the “many beautiful and sincere messages” they have received about the show.
“Many have come from young people, saying,” Thank you, because you have allowed me to talk to my parents about something I didn’t know how to approach, “he said.
